Boston Red Sox OF Prospect Bryce Brentz Shot Himself While Cleaning His Gun

All, Baseball, Guns, Oh Kyle Koster February 9th. 2013, 5:25pm

He likes his guns clean. He also probably prefers they don’t go off unexpectedly.

Brentz suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound during some firearm maintenance a few weeks ago. The bullet went into his leg and out the other side, according to Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington.

“It’s something he’s going to recover from and be fine, and it won’t affect his baseball career,” Cherington said. “I think he understands he got lucky. It’s a serious thing. He’s got to be careful.”

Brentz won’t be ready when the team’s camp opens later this week, but there’s hope he’ll be healthy before the end of spring training.

The 24-year-old made it to Triple-A Pawtucket last year and is the N0. 8 prospect in the Boston organization according to Baseball America.

[Photo via USA Today Sports]

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29 Responses to “Boston Red Sox OF Prospect Bryce Brentz Shot Himself While Cleaning His Gun”

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A.P. Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 4:37 PM
good job, good effort
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KC Resident Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 4:38 PM
Kyle – Were you paid for this post?
Regards, Mole.
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 4:39 PM
Kyle – Were you paid for this post?
Probably in Paolo points or cheese checks.
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sctrojans Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 5:29 PM
He likes his guns clean. He also probably prefers the thrill of cleaning a loaded gun.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 5:32 PM
Not to rag on the new guy, but how you take a “cleaning his gun” statement at his word seems naive to me. (every other article did it too). What responsible gun owner, or even the stupid ones, has ever shot himself in the leg cleaning a gun. And he wont say where the wound is either, so I’m very skeptical.
I’m guessing he was being an idiot, fooling around, shot himself, and it had nothing to do with ‘cleaning’ at all.
And ‘prospect’ is a stretch. He’s a 4th OF. A crappy version of Trot Nixon maybe.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 5:33 PM
Kyle – Were you paid for this post?
Regards, Mole.
“No but he’s getting a free journalism education, which is totally worthwhile to get, and obviates the necessity for a paycheck commensurate with the work he does for the institution”
- TBizarroL
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Tim Ryan Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 5:34 PM
I’m guessing he was being an idiot, fooling around, shot himself, and it had nothing to do with ‘cleaning’ at all.
Though if this were suggested in the post, your comment would probably be that “the take” was offensively presumptuous.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 5:36 PM
Though if this were suggested in the post, your comment would probably be that “the take” was offensively presumptuous.
I don’t mind skepticism. I mind blatant idiocy to get pageviews.
Also… I’m not a journalist, I don’t have the same journalistic standards* you have.
*access to unlimited Gangnam Style GIFs
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Tim Ryan Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 5:38 PM
*access to unlimited Gangnam Style GIFs
I’m proud to say I’m not a member of that team.
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 5:38 PM
What responsible gun owner, or even the stupid ones, has ever shot himself in the leg cleaning a gun.
I’m sure it’s happened. Ever handled a flintlock muzzleloader with the two trigger system? You pull the one back, which sets the other one to a hair trigger. You could probably sneeze while resting that gun in your lap and it’d go off.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 5:42 PM
Ever handled a flintlock muzzleloader with the two trigger system?
It was a handgun. Let’s not get hung up on ‘ever’ and look at ‘likelihood’. It’s this kind of thing, cleaning or not, that makes me hesitate on gun rights. At least require a class or IQ test. OR DONT CLEAN IT POINTED AT YOUR LEG
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 5:45 PM
Jared’s twin brother on twitter 2/4
@Jbrentz3: Milwaukee sheriff urges people to learn to use firearms, http://fxn.ws/WPs6Nh – Sent via the FOX News Android App. I would vote for him
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 5:46 PM
You never specified handgun.
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 5:46 PM
They make muzzleloader pistols too.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 5:51 PM
You never specified handgun.
nobody clicks the links
So that’s your likely scenario?
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 5:52 PM
nobody clicks the links
Not to rag on the new guy, but how you take a “cleaning his gun” statement at his word seems naive to me. (every other article did it too). What responsible gun owner, or even the stupid ones, has ever shot himself in the leg cleaning a gun. And he wont say where the wound is either, so I’m very skeptical.
Show me hangun.
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Tim Ryan Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 5:53 PM
Show me paint the fence.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 5:56 PM
nobody clicks the links
Show me hangun.
#facepalm
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 6:03 PM
I wasn’t basing my comments on links. Based them off of what you said. What responsible gun owner, or even the stupid ones, has ever shot himself in the leg cleaning his gun? Guarantee you it’s happened more than you think.
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Smallie Bigs Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 6:22 PM
Not a gun owner, so I shouldn’t get involved. Who the fuck is this Kyle character? How many unpaid interns are there? I count like 6…Ronny, Kyle, thew FSU chick, and that other guy i’ve never heard of. Ok that’s 4.
/6 beers in
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 6:24 PM
Not sure if FSU chick still posts, Bashuk or Bakush seems to only do posts with big charts. Who knows?
/Pay the interns
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Smallie Bigs Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 6:31 PM
Better idea:
Pay Meth! Any new opportubnities yet?
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 6:34 PM
I get paid, just not enough. Still keeping an eye out. My Dad got restationed so I threw the South Carolina idea out. Thought about maybe using my tax return and (perfect timing in this post) selling my handgun to fund some equipment to try and get my own thing going on the side. I’d have enough, just don’t know if I want to blow it all and have it not pan out. That’s the risk. Could just throw all my money in savings and hold off till I find something better paying and then add a few months savings to it. I’ll figure it out eventually.
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Smallie Bigs Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 6:37 PM
what kind of thing do you want to do on the side?
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 6:42 PM
Was going to start out with just a pressure washing machine and the accessory to do roofs as well. There’s money to be made in that if you can get steady business, and it’s not a huge investment up front. Machine, accessory, extension ladder and few other things added up to a little under 2 grand. Not sure what license and insurance run though, that’s another thing I’d have to look into. Friend of mine who owns his own business and the landscaping guy I worked for in high school I’m sure would put a word out with there customers to try and get me started. It sounds like a really good idea and worthwhile investment in my head. When it comes time to actually clear the bank account I start to wonder if I’ve got the brass, though.
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LesNessman Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 6:45 PM
”
Finally, a man in Texas was arrested today for shooting and killing:
his wife, son, two daughters, his mother and father, all four of his
grandparents, his dog, his mailman, three neighbors, and a woman who
works at the filling station. He claims he was just cleaning his gun
when it suddenly went off.” – George Carlin
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Smallie Bigs Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 6:47 PM
not sure you’d need any licensing, but definitely need insurance for something like that. there’s a market for it, but like you said, the steady business is the key.
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 9th, 2013 at 8:52 PM
Meth..the future is petwashes
http://www.allpawspetwash.com/
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mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
February 10th, 2013 at 12:13 PM
I’m really surprised anyone cleans a gun without checking whether it’s loaded or not.
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